The JAMMED (Australia)
The Story:
Three vulnerable young women are lured to Melbourne on the promise of big money working as table dancers. The reality: forced prostitution to repay usurious fees charged for their falsified immigration papers. Events open with Crystal (Emma Lung) awaiting deportation after escaping from a sexual slavery syndicate that's also ensnared Chinese innocent Rubi (Sun Park) and Vanya (Saskia Burmeister), a brittle Russian.
Urging the frightened girl to tell officials everything is Ashley Hudson (Veronica Sywak), a local office worker whose involvement unfolds in a busy series of flashbacks and fast-forwards. Stuttering initially with too many characters and side stories, narrative moves to firmer ground as Ashley comes into focus.
Stuck in a boring insurance job and carrying emotional baggage following a recent split with her b.f., she's drawn into the seedy scene by a chance meeting with Rubi's distraught mother, Sunee (Amanda Ma), who's flown in on a hopeless rescue mission.With police contact out of the question for fear of reprisals against family. Ashley reluctantly agrees to help search, and is soon drawn into the dark underworld of this cultured city as she tries to rescue three girls from a trafficking syndicate.
Starring:
Emma Lung, Veronica Sywak, Saskia Burmeister, Masa Yamaguchi, Todd MacDonald, Andrew S. Gilbert, Kate Atkinson, Anna Anderson, Sun Park, Amanda Ma, Alison Whyte
The Story:
Three vulnerable young women are lured to Melbourne on the promise of big money working as table dancers. The reality: forced prostitution to repay usurious fees charged for their falsified immigration papers. Events open with Crystal (Emma Lung) awaiting deportation after escaping from a sexual slavery syndicate that's also ensnared Chinese innocent Rubi (Sun Park) and Vanya (Saskia Burmeister), a brittle Russian.
Urging the frightened girl to tell officials everything is Ashley Hudson (Veronica Sywak), a local office worker whose involvement unfolds in a busy series of flashbacks and fast-forwards. Stuttering initially with too many characters and side stories, narrative moves to firmer ground as Ashley comes into focus.
Stuck in a boring insurance job and carrying emotional baggage following a recent split with her b.f., she's drawn into the seedy scene by a chance meeting with Rubi's distraught mother, Sunee (Amanda Ma), who's flown in on a hopeless rescue mission.With police contact out of the question for fear of reprisals against family. Ashley reluctantly agrees to help search, and is soon drawn into the dark underworld of this cultured city as she tries to rescue three girls from a trafficking syndicate.
Starring:
Emma Lung, Veronica Sywak, Saskia Burmeister, Masa Yamaguchi, Todd MacDonald, Andrew S. Gilbert, Kate Atkinson, Anna Anderson, Sun Park, Amanda Ma, Alison Whyte
Directed By:
Dee McLachlan
Release:
2007
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